Swiveled hondoo



June 30, 1953 J. F. vlLLMER SWIVELED HoNnoos Filed Nov. 26; 1951 JNVENToR. BY L L M E E TTo len/fx EPatented June 30, 19.53

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SWIVELED HONDOO Joseph F. Villmer, Los Angeles, Calif. Application November 26, 1951, Serial No. 258,273

2 Claims.

My invention relates to swivelled hondoos mounted on the ends of those ropes or lariats used in giving exhibitions of rope spinning, and has for its principal object, to provide a hondoo of simple, inexpensive structure and to mount same on the rope so that it will readily swivel thereupon, as said rope is whirled in the air by the operator, without the kinking or twisting of said rope.

With the foregoing and other Objects in view, my invention consists in certain new and novel features of construction hereinafter more fully set forth, described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the center of my improved swivelled hondoo,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, I designates a rope or lariat on one end of which is mounted a ferrule II, same being secured to said rope by a rivet Ila.

The end of rope extends a short distance through the ferrule and the threads in the extended portion are spread apart and a drop of glue or the like I2 is seated in the recess thus created. Thus when the glue hardens, the ferrule is very eiectively secured on the end of rope I0.

Mounted for rotation on ferrule II are the mating halves of a housing I3, same being split lengthwise, and the lower portions of said halves are extended outwardly to provide diverging housings I4. Occupying these housings I4 are the upper ends of a hondoo I5, same being secured to said housings by rivets I6, and the upper ends of the hondoo, above said rivets, are secured to each other by transverse stitches of thread I'I.

Mounted on the upper ends of the housings which surround the rope I 0 above ferrule II is a short sleeve or ring I 8, which functions to hold said upper ends together. This ring ts fairly snug upon the enclosed parts of the housings I3,

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2 but may be removed with a substantial upward pull.

Located on the lower portion of the hondoo I5 is a wrapping of raw hide to form a buffer I9, same being secured to said hondoo by stitches 20 passing through its ends and through said hondoo. This buffer acts to prevent too free movement of the rope through the hondoo during certain spinning movements of said rope.-

Thus the two part housing I3, its branches I4, and the hondoo are mounted for swivelled or rotary movementon the ferrule II carried by the end of the rope, with the result that the rope may be spun by the operator without the development of twists or kinks.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a swivelled hondoo of simple, inexpensive structure, and which is very eiiective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

Minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved swivelled hondoo may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims. l

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a rope of, a ferrule secured on one end of said rope, a two part housing, split lengthwise, mounted for rotation on said ferrule, a sleeve enclosing the upper end of the two part housing and a hondoo secured to said two part housing.

2. The combination as set forth in claim l'with a buffer located on the lower portion of said hondoo.

JOSEPH F. VILLMER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 504,055 Shaw Aug. 29, '1893 1,225,100 Aubrey May 8, 1917 2,044,240 Daniels June 16, 1936 2,223,174 Hughes Nov. 26, 1940 

